An original story about Death who's hunting a rogue demon. There
are some sample pages up on deviant art, including one where he's
fighting Abbadon
http://roger-robinson.deviantart.com/art/Darksiders-ll-1-312005725

You learn a ton about Lilith's realm in the Random House
excerpt, but here in the Scribd excerpt War goes into detail about
how Heaven looks and how the Angels live their lives by something
called a Codex Bellum. They have a caste system that's very
rigid, though not every angel agrees with it (Azrael certainly
doesn't). You also see Azrael and Death have conversations (Azrael
is immune to Death's jabs and insults xD)

http://www.scribd.com/doc/94013582/Darksiders-The-Abomination-Vault

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The Nephilim were also a group of very, very depraved people
that loved to destroy other worlds. Hell clashed with them in a
huge battle that was second in losses to the complete annihilaiton
of them at Eden, which the Nephilim bones are locat…

At the very end of the Game Trailers video there is some footage
of the game, including hearing Death and the Elder Maker Eidard's
voices. You also see what appears to be a Maker shopkeeper that
trains skills, named Thane. There is also some footage of a boss
fight with a giant Tormented Gate.

I know my screencaps have been substandard quality--if someone
can take some good screens of the new scenery and the characters,
that would be wonderful.

And it would be good to make a "Makers" page (I don't know how),
since we now have names of three more Makers appearing in DS2:
Karn, Thane, and Elder Eidard